08-08-2024, 05:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-08-2024, 05:25 PM by Peter Jensen.)
Peter hadn't liked the idea of the Captain going off ship for this one, but he knew when to pick his battles. It was, after all, the Captain's prerogative to join away missions if she wanted. The practise of some to have both Captain and the First Officer joining in was one he found to be a lot more problematic by a long shot.
And while the Captain could be brass, this was quite similar to a first contact mission albeit one in hostile circumstances. It was fitting that the Captain was there for it.
"Understood", he said as she announced her decision to join in. "We'll get right on clearing bay one.", he repated the order to indicate understanding, having already triaged the orders in..well...order of priority: First, cargo bay cleared to use as cryo storage. Second, a plan to tow the ship if needed. He didn't need to think long about a plan for scuttling the ship, honestly. Once everyone was off it, a single well-placed torpedo should scatter its atoms easily enough. Or, if all else failed, a slight push should get it sent into the planet's atmosphere to incinerate nicely.
He saw its destruction if necessary as more of a point of pride, honestly. The idea of the Cardassians recovering the Lord Franklin was distasteful. Not because it'd represent a threat. The technology was centuries out of date. But it'd be a prestige loss for the Cardassians to recover an old Earth ship for themselves.
Her last instructions made him raise an eyebrow, though.
"I have the bridge, aye", he acknowledged, but didn't have time to voice the rest of what was on his mind before she gave him a smile, and headed for the exit. He wasn't about to shout after her. That'd be unseemly, even though he had no intention of letting them get stuck and captured. He hoped it wouldn't come to that. Instead, he sighed a bit as he sat down in the center chair and took a deep breath.
"Jensen to Science and Engineering", he called out. "I need cargo bay one cleared and made suitable for the maintenence of a hundred active cryo pods. Feel free to stack if needed, just no playing Jenga if it can be avoided", he pointed out.
He then looked to Black.
"Regarding the need to tow the ship....could we lower the intensity of the tractor beam down enough that it won't be like a toddler ripping paper, but strong enough to actually tow it?", he asked.
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And while the Captain could be brass, this was quite similar to a first contact mission albeit one in hostile circumstances. It was fitting that the Captain was there for it.
"Understood", he said as she announced her decision to join in. "We'll get right on clearing bay one.", he repated the order to indicate understanding, having already triaged the orders in..well...order of priority: First, cargo bay cleared to use as cryo storage. Second, a plan to tow the ship if needed. He didn't need to think long about a plan for scuttling the ship, honestly. Once everyone was off it, a single well-placed torpedo should scatter its atoms easily enough. Or, if all else failed, a slight push should get it sent into the planet's atmosphere to incinerate nicely.
He saw its destruction if necessary as more of a point of pride, honestly. The idea of the Cardassians recovering the Lord Franklin was distasteful. Not because it'd represent a threat. The technology was centuries out of date. But it'd be a prestige loss for the Cardassians to recover an old Earth ship for themselves.
Her last instructions made him raise an eyebrow, though.
"I have the bridge, aye", he acknowledged, but didn't have time to voice the rest of what was on his mind before she gave him a smile, and headed for the exit. He wasn't about to shout after her. That'd be unseemly, even though he had no intention of letting them get stuck and captured. He hoped it wouldn't come to that. Instead, he sighed a bit as he sat down in the center chair and took a deep breath.
"Jensen to Science and Engineering", he called out. "I need cargo bay one cleared and made suitable for the maintenence of a hundred active cryo pods. Feel free to stack if needed, just no playing Jenga if it can be avoided", he pointed out.
He then looked to Black.
"Regarding the need to tow the ship....could we lower the intensity of the tractor beam down enough that it won't be like a toddler ripping paper, but strong enough to actually tow it?", he asked.
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